3/19/2008 @ 6:00PM

In Depth: Best Places To Buy Foreclosed Homes

8. Seattle, Wash.

Median home price: $372,295

Foreclosure savings: $46,103

Foreclosure rate: 0.47%

Price change 2006-2007: 7.4%

Long hailed as the exception to the national housing downturn,

Seattle’s growth has steadied, though it remains a good market. Its inventory rates are the lowest of the country’s 50 largest cities, and its foreclosure rate of 0.47% is so low, it’s negligible in the context of the overall market.